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Don't Go Home

Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon-and former Broward's Rock resident-Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel, Don't Go Home . But after the local paper announces that Griffith aims to reveal the real-life inspirations behind his characters, perhaps the author should take his own advice. Not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review. As Annie attempts damage control, her friend Marian Kenyon gets in a heated argument with Griffith. It's a fight Annie won't soon forget-especially after the author turns up dead. Despite an array of suspects to match Griffith's cast of characters-and a promise to her husband, Max, to steer clear of sleuthing-Annie's not about to let the police throw the book at her friend when the real killer remains at largea

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Annie Darling is on her own while husband Max is unreachable on a fishing trip. She has promised Max "no more sleuthing" (after being cornered by a serial killer in a previous book) but when her friend Marian Kenyon may be implicated in the murder of a high profile author, well of course she can't resist meddling -- just a little. This is the 25th book in the series and Annie is still going strong. I loved this story.

I love the Death on Demand books, but this was not one of Hart's strongest books. I was disappointed that Annie seemed to have less to do, and Max was AWOL for most of the book. And no Laurel? The ending also seemed abrupt; the mystery was solved a little too easily, and the evidence? Circumstantial at best. I'll just look forward to the next Bailey Ruth book...